Johann Beukes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3437130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johann Beukes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johann |
| FAMILY NAME | Beukes |
| SIGNATURE | BEUKES J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9354-4530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Herman Jean de Vleeschauwer (1899–1986) se interpretasie van Middeleeuse filosofie aan Unisa (1951–1964)
Herman Jean de Vleeschauwer’s (1899–1986) interpretation of Medieval philosophy at UNISA (1951–1964). This article presents the interpretation of Herman Jean de Vleeschauwer (1899–1986) of Medieval philosophy during his career as a lecturer and professor of philosophy at the University of South Africa (UNISA) from 1951 to 1964. The study is done regarding De Vleeschauwer’s publications and unpublished manuscripts relating to Medieval philosophy, …
Vorscholastik
This article reconsiders the historical–philosophical significance of the monk and abbot of Corbie Abbey (est. 657), Paschasius Radbertus (c. 790–860). Radbert is contextualised within the cultural and academic setting of the Carolingian period of the eighth and ninth centuries while taking into account the diverse scholarly accomplishments of his contemporaries such as Alcuin of York (c. 740–804), Rabanus Maurus (c. 780–856), Walafrid Strabo (c.…
Die ontwikkeling van ars in die teologies filosofiese werke van Ramon Llull (ca.1232–1316)
The development of ars in the theological-philosophical works of Ramon Llull (ca.1232–1316). By synthesising the most recent specialist research, notably that of Anthony Bonner and Mark D. Johnston, this article provides an accessible overview of the development of the ‘great universal art’ or ars in Ramon Llull’s (ca.1232–1316) theological-philosophical output, as presented in his works Libere de contemplació en Déu, Ars compendiosa inveniendi v…
Die mediëvalistiese karikatuur van seksuele verval in Laat-Middeleeuse vrouekloosters
The medievalist caricature of sexual regress in Late-Medieval female monasteries: This article confronts the widely published medievalist caricature of sexual regress in Late-Medieval female monasteries by presenting a statistical analysis of the relatively low (measured against the Early and Central Middle Ages) frequency of sexual contact between monks and nuns, monks and monks, and nuns and nuns in 15th century England. C.H. Knudsen’s examinat…
Die 'bekentenisse van die vlees' in die sentrale Middeleeue
The 'confessions of the flesh' in the central Middle Ages: An expansion of Foucault's reading in Histoire de la sexualité 1 ( La volonté de savoir ). This article expands Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) reading of the 'confessions of the flesh' in handbooks of penance written during the central Middle Ages in the first volume La volonté de savoir of his (current) four-volume series Histoire de la sexualité . After the posthumous publication of the …
Besinning oor filosofie in die mistieke kloosterteks Hortus deliciarum (ca. 1185) deur Herrada Landsbergensis (ca. 1130–1191)
Reflection on philosophy in the mystical cloistral text Hortus deliciarum (ca. 1185) by Herrada Landsbergensis (ca. 1130–1191). The aim of this article is to reappraise the understated philosophical aspects in the mystical cloistral text Hortus deliciarum , finalised around 1185 by Herrada Landsbergensis (ca. 1130–1191; also Herrad of Hohenburg), the abbess at Mont Saint-Odile, with specific reference to reflection on the nature and the limits of…
‘Skoolordes’ in stede van ‘bedelordes’
‘Skoolordes’ instead of ‘bedelordes’: A reconsideration of the applicability of the term mendīcāns in the (Afrikaans) Medieval register. In this article the applicability of the Latin present participle mendīcāns in the (Afrikaans) Medieval register, with reference to the development of the four mendicant orders in the Medieval Latin West from the early 13th century onward, is reconsidered. The term mendīcāns is customarily translated as mendican…
Michel Foucault on Methodius of Olympus (d.ca.311) in Les aveux de la chair
This article presents a contextualisation of Belgian philosopher and historian of psychiatry and sexuality, Patrick Vandermeersch’s (1946–), unpublished analysis of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s (1926–1984) interpretation of Methodius of Olympus’ (d.ca.311) views on virginity and chastity, in Histoire de la sexualité 4 ( Les aveux de la chair ), published in February 2018 at Gallimard in Paris under the editorship of Frédéric Gros. The art…
Neoplatonism in the Cologne tradition of the later Middle Ages
The objective of this article is to present an overview, based on the most recent specialist research, of Neoplatonist developments in the Cologne tradition of the later Middle Ages, with specific reference to a unique Proclian commentary presented by the German Albertist Dominican, Berthold of Moosburg (ca. 1300–1361). Situating Berthold in the post-Eckhart Dominican crisis of the 1340s and 1350s, his rehabilitating initiative of presenting this…
The case for post-scholasticism as an internal period indicator in Medieval philosophy
This article responds to a critical research challenge in Medieval philosophy scholarship regarding the internal periodisation of the register. By arguing the case for ‘post-scholasticism’ as an internal period indicator (1349–1464, the era between the deaths of William of Ockham and Nicholas of Cusa), defined as ‘the transformation of high scholasticism on the basis of a selective departure thereof’, the article specifies a predisposition in the…
Die ‘vyf trane’ as mistieke uitdrukking in die Dialoë van die Dominikaanse non Katharina van Siëna (1347–1380)
The ‘five tears’ as mystical expression in the Dialogues of the Dominican nun Catherine of Siena (1347–1380). This article explores the underestimated teaching of the ‘five tears’ as mystical expression in the text Il dialogo ( The dialogues , written in 1378) by the Dominican ( Mantellate ) nun and philosopher-theologian, Catherine of Siena (Caterina Benincasa, 1347–1380). The objective of the article is to indicate the significance of the teach…
Augustinus en vroulike homoërotiek in die vroeë Middeleeue
Augustine and female homoeroticism in the early Middle Ages: A Foucaultian idea-historical interpretation. Taking his reading of Romans 1:26–27 and Genesis 19 as its hermeneutical key, an idea-historical interpretation of the views of the Western church father Augustine of Hippo (354–430) on female homoeroticism is presented in this article. The accentuation of French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926–1984) on the overall significance of Augustin…
The 50-year jubileum of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies in the John Scottus Eriugena (815–877) research, 1970–2020
This article charters the history and work of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies (SPES), which celebrated its 50-year jubileum in 2020. After a brief introduction to the thought of John Scottus Eriugena (815–877), with emphasis on his primary text (in five volumes), Periphyseon, written between 864 and 866 and condemned as heretical in 1050, 1059, 1210 and finally in 1225, the development of SPES over the past five decades is sur…
Middeleeuse Studies, Mediëvalistiek en Mediëvalisme
Medieval Studies, Medievalist Studies and Medievalism: Critical distinctions and intersections. The aim of this article is to clarify Medievalism ( Mediëvalisme ) as a research challenge in Medieval Studies, thereby contributing to the discipline’s methodological and contemporary-discursive development. In conjunction with the author’s recent analyses of three subject-internal problems in Medieval philosophy ([1]the calibration of periodisation; …
Raptus en die 'vorm van die wil
Raptus and the 'form of the will': A transgressive reading of Foucault's interpretation of Augustine in Les aveux de la chair . This article presents a reading of Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) interpretation of Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) views on sex in Histoire de la sexualité 4 ( Les aveux de la chair ), published in February 2018 at Gallimard in Paris under editorship of Frédéric Gros. The article contributes to the reception and ongoing a…
Middeleeuse Filosofie Volume 2
In aansluiting by en betekenisvol bydraend tot die internasionale navorsing op hierdie terrein, bied hierdie groot werk (in twee volumes) ’n deeglike oorsig oor en oorspronklike insig in die Middeleeuse denke. Toeganklik ook vir die algemene leser, is dit van onskatbare betekenis vir die Afrikaanse teologie en filosofie, taal en kultuur.
Die triomf van ‘n post-skolastieke mistiek oor skolastieke lojalisme
The triumph of a post-scholastic mysticism over scholastic loyalism: Gerson versus Ruusbroec (posth.), 1399. This article provides an introduction to the thought of the Flemish-Brabant 14th-century mystical thinker, Jan van Ruusbroec, with special attention to the explosion in the niche research from 1981 (with the publication of the first volume of the Ruusbroec Opera Omnia) to 2017 (regarding the specialised outputs of the Ruusbroec Institute a…
Juliana van Norwich (1342–ca.1416) as post-skolastiese teoloog
Julian of Norwich (1342–ca.1416) as a post-scholastic theologian. This article positions the ‘first female English writer from the Middle Ages’, Julian of Norwich (1342–ca.1416), within the context of ‘post-scholasticism’, the very last period in late Medieval Philosophy, of which one feature was the final separation of theology and philosophy in the late Medieval index. Julian should in terms of this placing be engaged as a theologian proper, di…
The Trinitarian and Christological Minnemystik of the Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240)
This article provides an original reappraisal of the notion of Minnemystik in the work of the 13th-century Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240), with specific reference to its Trinitarian and Christological orientations. After an introduction to the nature and origins of Hadewijch’s work, relating to the discovery of four extant manuscripts (MS.A [2879–2880], MS.B [2877–2878], BS.C and the incomplete MS.D [385 II]) in Belgium in 1838, …
Sensus communis
This article addresses the underestimation of Medieval philosophy in the contemporary curriculum by engaging its very origins in the ‘postmodern’ dislocation of philosophy. The leading question is what would be the prospects in the 21st century of reorienting Western philosophy from its idea-historical sources, which would include its ancient traditions and the Medieval exposition, as well as the Renaissance elucidation thereof. Critically engagi…
Middeleeuse Filosofie Volume 1
In aansluiting by en betekenisvol bydraend tot die internasionale navorsing op hierdie terrein, bied hierdie groot werk ’n deeglike oorsig oor en oorspronklike insig in die Middeleeuse denke. Toeganklik ook vir die algemene leser, is dit van onskatbare betekenis vir die Afrikaanse teologie en filosofie, taal en kultuur
Intervroulike seksualiteit in die latere Middeleeue
Female same-sex relations in the later Middle Ages: An idea-historical survey. This article presents an idea-historical survey of attitudes towards women who were involved in same-sex relations from the middle of the 11th century to the middle of the 15th century, how these attitudes manifested themselves in later Medieval societies and what the reflections about these women involved at the time. Taking as its premise the inclusion of ‘female sod…
N Nijmegenaar aan die Universiteite van Parys en Heidelberg in die latere Middeleeue
A scholar from Nijmegen at the Universities of Paris and Heidelberg in the later Middle Ages: The life and work of Marsilius of Inghen (ca. 1340–1396). This article provides an introduction to the thought of the 14th-century Dutch intellectual Marsilius of Inghen, rector of both the University of Paris (1367, 1371) and the University of Heidelberg (1386). Inghen belongs to that special group of late Medieval nominalists, who were able to set nomi…
Die politieke aktivisme van Birgitta Birgersdotter (1302/3–1373)
The political activism of Birgitta Birgersdotter (1302/3–1373). The objective of this article is to illuminate the political thought of the Swedish Medieval thinker and mystic, Birgitta Birgersdotter (1302/3–1373; Birgitta of Sweden, Brigida Suecica), on the basis of an unprecedented acceleration in the specialist research over the past two decades, including significant expositions by Unn Falkeid, Bridget Morris, Maria Oen, Claire Sahlin, Päivi …
The Dominican Robert Kilwardby (ca. 1215–1279) as schoolman and ecclesiastical official
This article, by reworking the most recent specialist contributions, presents a fresh overview of the scholastic and ecclesiastical contributions of the Oxford Dominican Robert Kilwardby (ca. 1215–1279). After highlighting the current research problem of the ‘canon’ in Medieval philosophy, the article turns to Kilwardby as a positive example of a ‘non-canonised’ thinker from the high Middle Ages – one who is thus thoroughly researched in a specia…
Foucault in Iran, 1978-1979
In 1978 Michel Foucault went to Iran as a distinguished intellectual - but novice political journalist - controversially reporting on the unfolding revolution, undeniably compromising and wounding his reputation in the European intellectual community. Given the revolution's bloody aftermath and its violent theocratic development, is Foucault's Iranian expedition simply to be understood as a critical error in judgement, with disastrous consequence…
Raptus en die 'vorm van die wil
Raptus and the 'form of the will': A transgressive reading of Foucault's interpretation of Augustine in Les aveux de la chair . This article presents a reading of Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) interpretation of Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) views on sex in Histoire de la sexualité 4 ( Les aveux de la chair ), published in February 2018 at Gallimard in Paris under editorship of Frédéric Gros. The article contributes to the reception and ongoing a…
The Dominican Robert Kilwardby (ca. 1215–1279) as schoolman and ecclesiastical official
This article, by reworking the most recent specialist contributions, presents a fresh overview of the scholastic and ecclesiastical contributions of the Oxford Dominican Robert Kilwardby (ca. 1215–1279). After highlighting the current research problem of the ‘canon’ in Medieval philosophy, the article turns to Kilwardby as a positive example of a ‘non-canonised’ thinker from the high Middle Ages – one who is thus thoroughly researched in a specia…
Die 'bekentenisse van die vlees' in die sentrale Middeleeue
The 'confessions of the flesh' in the central Middle Ages: An expansion of Foucault's reading in Histoire de la sexualité 1 ( La volonté de savoir ). This article expands Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) reading of the 'confessions of the flesh' in handbooks of penance written during the central Middle Ages in the first volume La volonté de savoir of his (current) four-volume series Histoire de la sexualité . After the posthumous publication of the …
Middeleeuse Studies, Mediëvalistiek en Mediëvalisme
Medieval Studies, Medievalist Studies and Medievalism: Critical distinctions and intersections. The aim of this article is to clarify Medievalism ( Mediëvalisme ) as a research challenge in Medieval Studies, thereby contributing to the discipline’s methodological and contemporary-discursive development. In conjunction with the author’s recent analyses of three subject-internal problems in Medieval philosophy ([1]the calibration of periodisation; …
Maak die wêreld nie tot bespotting nie’
‘Do not ridicule the world’: A reappraisal of the philosophical aspects in Mechtild of Magdeburg’s Das fließende Licht der Gottheit (1250). This article provides a reappraisal of the philosophical aspects in Mechtild von Magdeburg’s (ca. 1207–1282) Das fließende Licht der Gottheit , written in 1250 and found in 1860, only then to be edited in modern German. The article argues that Mechtild’s philosophical output constitutes a unique counter-cultu…
Policraticus en Metalogicon
Policraticus and Metalogicon : Updating the Saresberiensis-research, 2013-2018. This article provides an overview of the philosophical outputs of John of Salisbury (ca. 1115–1180), with reference to his two main philosophical texts, Policraticus and Metalogicon (both circulated in 1159). After presenting current research challenges in Medieval philosophy, Salisbury is presented as an example of a ‘non-canonised’ figure in Medieval philosophy; one…
Maak die wêreld nie tot bespotting nie’
‘Do not ridicule the world’: A reappraisal of the philosophical aspects in Mechtild of Magdeburg’s Das fließende Licht der Gottheit (1250). This article provides a reappraisal of the philosophical aspects in Mechtild von Magdeburg’s (ca. 1207–1282) Das fließende Licht der Gottheit , written in 1250 and found in 1860, only then to be edited in modern German. The article argues that Mechtild’s philosophical output constitutes a unique counter-cultu…
Middeleeuse Filosofie Volume 2
In aansluiting by en betekenisvol bydraend tot die internasionale navorsing op hierdie terrein, bied hierdie groot werk (in twee volumes) ’n deeglike oorsig oor en oorspronklike insig in die Middeleeuse denke. Toeganklik ook vir die algemene leser, is dit van onskatbare betekenis vir die Afrikaanse teologie en filosofie, taal en kultuur.
Die triomf van ‘n post-skolastieke mistiek oor skolastieke lojalisme
The triumph of a post-scholastic mysticism over scholastic loyalism: Gerson versus Ruusbroec (posth.), 1399. This article provides an introduction to the thought of the Flemish-Brabant 14th-century mystical thinker, Jan van Ruusbroec, with special attention to the explosion in the niche research from 1981 (with the publication of the first volume of the Ruusbroec Opera Omnia) to 2017 (regarding the specialised outputs of the Ruusbroec Institute a…
Juliana van Norwich (1342–ca.1416) as post-skolastiese teoloog
Julian of Norwich (1342–ca.1416) as a post-scholastic theologian. This article positions the ‘first female English writer from the Middle Ages’, Julian of Norwich (1342–ca.1416), within the context of ‘post-scholasticism’, the very last period in late Medieval Philosophy, of which one feature was the final separation of theology and philosophy in the late Medieval index. Julian should in terms of this placing be engaged as a theologian proper, di…
The Trinitarian and Christological Minnemystik of the Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240)
This article provides an original reappraisal of the notion of Minnemystik in the work of the 13th-century Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240), with specific reference to its Trinitarian and Christological orientations. After an introduction to the nature and origins of Hadewijch’s work, relating to the discovery of four extant manuscripts (MS.A [2879–2880], MS.B [2877–2878], BS.C and the incomplete MS.D [385 II]) in Belgium in 1838, …
Sensus communis
This article addresses the underestimation of Medieval philosophy in the contemporary curriculum by engaging its very origins in the ‘postmodern’ dislocation of philosophy. The leading question is what would be the prospects in the 21st century of reorienting Western philosophy from its idea-historical sources, which would include its ancient traditions and the Medieval exposition, as well as the Renaissance elucidation thereof. Critically engagi…
Middeleeuse Filosofie Volume 1
In aansluiting by en betekenisvol bydraend tot die internasionale navorsing op hierdie terrein, bied hierdie groot werk ’n deeglike oorsig oor en oorspronklike insig in die Middeleeuse denke. Toeganklik ook vir die algemene leser, is dit van onskatbare betekenis vir die Afrikaanse teologie en filosofie, taal en kultuur
Intervroulike seksualiteit in die latere Middeleeue
Female same-sex relations in the later Middle Ages: An idea-historical survey. This article presents an idea-historical survey of attitudes towards women who were involved in same-sex relations from the middle of the 11th century to the middle of the 15th century, how these attitudes manifested themselves in later Medieval societies and what the reflections about these women involved at the time. Taking as its premise the inclusion of ‘female sod…
N Nijmegenaar aan die Universiteite van Parys en Heidelberg in die latere Middeleeue
A scholar from Nijmegen at the Universities of Paris and Heidelberg in the later Middle Ages: The life and work of Marsilius of Inghen (ca. 1340–1396). This article provides an introduction to the thought of the 14th-century Dutch intellectual Marsilius of Inghen, rector of both the University of Paris (1367, 1371) and the University of Heidelberg (1386). Inghen belongs to that special group of late Medieval nominalists, who were able to set nomi…
Die politieke aktivisme van Birgitta Birgersdotter (1302/3–1373)
The political activism of Birgitta Birgersdotter (1302/3–1373). The objective of this article is to illuminate the political thought of the Swedish Medieval thinker and mystic, Birgitta Birgersdotter (1302/3–1373; Birgitta of Sweden, Brigida Suecica), on the basis of an unprecedented acceleration in the specialist research over the past two decades, including significant expositions by Unn Falkeid, Bridget Morris, Maria Oen, Claire Sahlin, Päivi …
The Dominican Robert Kilwardby (ca. 1215–1279) as schoolman and ecclesiastical official
This article, by reworking the most recent specialist contributions, presents a fresh overview of the scholastic and ecclesiastical contributions of the Oxford Dominican Robert Kilwardby (ca. 1215–1279). After highlighting the current research problem of the ‘canon’ in Medieval philosophy, the article turns to Kilwardby as a positive example of a ‘non-canonised’ thinker from the high Middle Ages – one who is thus thoroughly researched in a specia…
Histoire de la sexualité ‘4’ (Les aveux de la chair)
Histoire de la sexualité ‘4’ (Les aveux de la chair) : Notes from the Dutch Foucault-scholarship. This article presents an overview of several Dutch disseminations of Michel Foucault’s (1926–1984) Histoire de la sexualité 4 ( Les aveux de la chair ), since its publication on 8 February 2018 at Gallimard (Paris) under editorship of Frédéric Gros. The exposé positions itself in terms of the most recent (December 2019) outputs of Foucault Cirkel Ned…
Foucault in Iran, 1978-1979
In 1978 Michel Foucault went to Iran as a distinguished intellectual - but novice political journalist - controversially reporting on the unfolding revolution, undeniably compromising and wounding his reputation in the European intellectual community. Given the revolution's bloody aftermath and its violent theocratic development, is Foucault's Iranian expedition simply to be understood as a critical error in judgement, with disastrous consequence…
Besinning oor filosofie in die mistieke kloosterteks Hortus deliciarum (ca. 1185) deur Herrada Landsbergensis (ca. 1130–1191)
Reflection on philosophy in the mystical cloistral text Hortus deliciarum (ca. 1185) by Herrada Landsbergensis (ca. 1130–1191). The aim of this article is to reappraise the understated philosophical aspects in the mystical cloistral text Hortus deliciarum , finalised around 1185 by Herrada Landsbergensis (ca. 1130–1191; also Herrad of Hohenburg), the abbess at Mont Saint-Odile, with specific reference to reflection on the nature and the limits of…
‘Skoolordes’ in stede van ‘bedelordes’
‘Skoolordes’ instead of ‘bedelordes’: A reconsideration of the applicability of the term mendīcāns in the (Afrikaans) Medieval register. In this article the applicability of the Latin present participle mendīcāns in the (Afrikaans) Medieval register, with reference to the development of the four mendicant orders in the Medieval Latin West from the early 13th century onward, is reconsidered. The term mendīcāns is customarily translated as mendican…
Michel Foucault on Methodius of Olympus (d.ca.311) in Les aveux de la chair
This article presents a contextualisation of Belgian philosopher and historian of psychiatry and sexuality, Patrick Vandermeersch’s (1946–), unpublished analysis of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s (1926–1984) interpretation of Methodius of Olympus’ (d.ca.311) views on virginity and chastity, in Histoire de la sexualité 4 ( Les aveux de la chair ), published in February 2018 at Gallimard in Paris under the editorship of Frédéric Gros. The art…
Neoplatonism in the Cologne tradition of the later Middle Ages
The objective of this article is to present an overview, based on the most recent specialist research, of Neoplatonist developments in the Cologne tradition of the later Middle Ages, with specific reference to a unique Proclian commentary presented by the German Albertist Dominican, Berthold of Moosburg (ca. 1300–1361). Situating Berthold in the post-Eckhart Dominican crisis of the 1340s and 1350s, his rehabilitating initiative of presenting this…
The case for post-scholasticism as an internal period indicator in Medieval philosophy
This article responds to a critical research challenge in Medieval philosophy scholarship regarding the internal periodisation of the register. By arguing the case for ‘post-scholasticism’ as an internal period indicator (1349–1464, the era between the deaths of William of Ockham and Nicholas of Cusa), defined as ‘the transformation of high scholasticism on the basis of a selective departure thereof’, the article specifies a predisposition in the…
Die ‘vyf trane’ as mistieke uitdrukking in die Dialoë van die Dominikaanse non Katharina van Siëna (1347–1380)
The ‘five tears’ as mystical expression in the Dialogues of the Dominican nun Catherine of Siena (1347–1380). This article explores the underestimated teaching of the ‘five tears’ as mystical expression in the text Il dialogo ( The dialogues , written in 1378) by the Dominican ( Mantellate ) nun and philosopher-theologian, Catherine of Siena (Caterina Benincasa, 1347–1380). The objective of the article is to indicate the significance of the teach…
Augustinus en vroulike homoërotiek in die vroeë Middeleeue
Augustine and female homoeroticism in the early Middle Ages: A Foucaultian idea-historical interpretation. Taking his reading of Romans 1:26–27 and Genesis 19 as its hermeneutical key, an idea-historical interpretation of the views of the Western church father Augustine of Hippo (354–430) on female homoeroticism is presented in this article. The accentuation of French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926–1984) on the overall significance of Augustin…
The 50-year jubileum of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies in the John Scottus Eriugena (815–877) research, 1970–2020
This article charters the history and work of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies (SPES), which celebrated its 50-year jubileum in 2020. After a brief introduction to the thought of John Scottus Eriugena (815–877), with emphasis on his primary text (in five volumes), Periphyseon, written between 864 and 866 and condemned as heretical in 1050, 1059, 1210 and finally in 1225, the development of SPES over the past five decades is sur…
Middeleeuse Studies, Mediëvalistiek en Mediëvalisme
Medieval Studies, Medievalist Studies and Medievalism: Critical distinctions and intersections. The aim of this article is to clarify Medievalism ( Mediëvalisme ) as a research challenge in Medieval Studies, thereby contributing to the discipline’s methodological and contemporary-discursive development. In conjunction with the author’s recent analyses of three subject-internal problems in Medieval philosophy ([1]the calibration of periodisation; …
Raptus en die 'vorm van die wil
Raptus and the 'form of the will': A transgressive reading of Foucault's interpretation of Augustine in Les aveux de la chair . This article presents a reading of Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) interpretation of Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) views on sex in Histoire de la sexualité 4 ( Les aveux de la chair ), published in February 2018 at Gallimard in Paris under editorship of Frédéric Gros. The article contributes to the reception and ongoing a…
Herman Jean de Vleeschauwer (1899–1986) se interpretasie van Middeleeuse filosofie aan Unisa (1951–1964)
Herman Jean de Vleeschauwer’s (1899–1986) interpretation of Medieval philosophy at UNISA (1951–1964). This article presents the interpretation of Herman Jean de Vleeschauwer (1899–1986) of Medieval philosophy during his career as a lecturer and professor of philosophy at the University of South Africa (UNISA) from 1951 to 1964. The study is done regarding De Vleeschauwer’s publications and unpublished manuscripts relating to Medieval philosophy, …
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